Northampton Town 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 23 December 2017

Result

Northampton Town 1-1 Blackburn Rovers

League One · Saturday 23 December 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Northampton Town 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Northampton Town drew with Blackburn Rovers 1-1 in the League One on Saturday 23 December 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Sam Foley opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Northampton Town's goal came from Sam Foley (21'). Blackburn Rovers scored through B. Dack (48').

Discipline: Northampton Town received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 20th on 22 points from 22 and Blackburn Rovers 3rd on 43 points from 21. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 22nd with 47 points, and Blackburn Rovers 2nd with 96.

Northampton Town lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1.

Going into the match Northampton Town's last five read W-L-D-L-L and Blackburn Rovers's W-W-W-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Sam FoleyNorthampton Town · 1-0
  • 36'Yellow card · E. WardBlackburn Rovers
  • 43'Yellow card · Paul DowningBlackburn Rovers
  • 48'Goal · B. DackBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 85'Missed penalty · Marcus AntonssonBlackburn Rovers
  • 90+3'Yellow card · John-Joe O'TooleNorthampton Town

Team news

Northampton Town line-up (4-2-3-1)

David Cornell, Brendan Moloney, David Buchanan, Ash Taylor, Aaron Pierre, George Smith, John-Joe O'Toole, Sam Foley, Matt Grimes, Lewis McGugan, Christopher Long

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

David Raya, Ryan Nyambe, Derrick Williams, Elliott Ward, Paul Michael Downing, Richard Smallwood, Peter Whittingham, Bradley Dack, Danny Graham, Marcus Antonsson, Craig Conway